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Maldives find a new black gold
Jonathan Leake
Times Online
For Craig Sams, life is sweet. The entrepreneur, who with co-founder Jo Fairley sold the Green & Black's organic chocolate firm to Cadbury for a reputed Ł20m, has founded a biochar business, and his firm is about to announce its first deal with the government of the Maldives.
Our parliament sabotages our future
Clive Hamilton
Crikey, 12 August 2009
Is parliamentary democracy capable of responding adequately to the climate crisis?
Study links drought with rising emissions
Melissa Fyfe
August 16, 2009DROUGHT experts have for the first time proven a link between rising levels of greenhouse gases and a decline in rainfall.
A three-year collaboration between the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO has confirmed that the drought is not just a natural dry stretch but a shift related to climate change.
Tony Blair: 'We can't ask people not to own cars'
The Guardian
Despite a projected tripling of traffic in China over the next decade, the focus should be on low-carbon technology rather than sacrifice, says a report by Tony Blair's Climate Group
$38bn warning on Great Barrier Reef bleaching
Adam Morton
August 10, 2009BLEACHING of the Great Barrier Reef will cost Australia almost $38 billion if climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions continues unchecked, an analysis has found.
What exactly is a green job Mr Rudd?
LEON GETTLER
August 5, 2009KEVIN Rudd's pledge last week to create 50,000 green jobs to beat the recession is hype and political flimflam. As if green workers are all we need to save the economy and planet.
The Prime Minister said a Green Jobs Corps would provide environmental training for the unemployed between 18 and 24 on public works projects such as planting trees and restoring walking tracks.
Safe Climate Australia launch emissions assessed, reduced & offset
Safe Climate Australia, launched on July 13 by The Hon. Al Gore, engaged Climate Positive and environmental consulting partner ecovantage to perform an emission assessment of the 1000-person event, and to offset residual emissions.
The major sources of emissions assessed by ecovantage included:
Push within ALP for green trade barriers
Dennis Shanahan, Political editor | July 29, 2009Article from: The Australian
THE ALP is looking at extending protectionism through new "green" barriers against trading partners who refuse to sign international agreements to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate Positive confirms next partner planting site
Climate Positive have finalised the next planting site and preparations for a planting are already under way.
The Axford Road site is 4.35ha and located in the Dandenong Valley Parklands, within the greater Melbourne area. This location makes it an ideal site for the Climate Positive partner planting days, which, despite being held over two hours out of Melbourne have proved very popular (See photos of last years planting in the Strzelecki Ranges here).
U.S. business warns Congress of 'green trade war'
Groups say cooperation needed, not "ultimatums"* House approved measure to protect high-energy sectors
* Senate expected to take up bill later this year